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CABLES.
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH ACUTER'S AGENOT.] COAL STRIKE SETTLEMENT PROSPECTS.
PRIME MINISTER'S SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT,
LONDON, April 18th.
THE HUNGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20TH, 1991.
Mr. Vernon Hartshorn, one of the miners' leaders, declared that if the Government accepted the miners' scheme for a national wages board it would be going a long way towarda arriving at a settlement. He invited Mr. Lloyd George
to suminen both sides to meet to discuss publicly all paints.
LATEST CARLER.
NEW INDIAN GOVERNMENT
LOAN.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
UNDERWRITING.
LONDON, April 19th: Arrangements are heing made for under-
The Premier, replying, warmly defend-writing the new Inding Government 7 per
FAR EASTERN CABLE H. B. WARING CO. AT THE TERRIBLE DETAILS OF
NEWS.
[BY CODETAY OF. "THE CHINA MAIL"]
SHANGHAI JEWS FOR PALESTINE.
SHANGHAI, April 19th.”
THEATRE.
MR. PIM PASSES BY?"
SLAUGHTER OF JEWS,
MANNER IN WHICH BARON UNGERN:
TAKES REVENGE.
Pexixo, April othe The following details concéining “the murder of Jews in"Urga at the hands of
There was a very good house at the production by the H. B. Waring Com Theatre Royal last night to witness the
pany of Mr. A. A. Milne's entertain- ing Comedy Mr. Pim Passes By and the audience had every reason to be delighted with the presentation of the Bar Ungern's followers have been play. They applauded most cordially on received by Reuter's Agency frons «Mr. three acts and particularly at the end
A significant statement was made in led the defence steps taken, owing to the cunt. Ioan of £7,500,000 Bouds, which are representative gathering of Jews on lon- the fall of the curtain after each of the Stephan, a Swiss subject whom other
the House of Commons, late last night, which is thought to increase the prospects of the settlement of the coal situation.
Mr. Lloyd George declared that, although the Government was unable to accept indefinite liability; it did not exclude the possibility of subsidy for a permanent settlement.
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cent, on a basis of £209' in. 1092 and £200
repayable in 1928 at £102, or in 1831 presence of a small element of revoltat par, and convertible into India 3 per tionaries, who might, without precaution- ary measures, have gained ascendancy over the bulk of the moderates.
Mr. Lloyd George said that the Govern meat might have over-insured against trouble, but it would have been inexcus-REPARATIONS COMMISSION'S able to under-insure. He deprecated
although he would not rule out any sug. gestions. Nevertheless, be trusted that. settlement, when found, would have the elements of permanency, What was really wanted was a scheme offering an inducement to all parties engaged in mining to do their best to decrease expenses and increase output.
in 1854 The loan is principally for the purchase of railway material in the United Kingdom.
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DEMAND.
INSTRUCTIONS TO NORTHUMBER-another temporary patched-up peace, BURGLARS' METHOD OF PROTEST."
LAND DELEGATES.
LONDON, April 19th. The Northumberland Miners' Associa tion was instructed its delegates to the pational conference, on April 2nd, to ask the Executive Committee, to meet the ccal-owners and the Government again to ascertain the nature of the temporary wages settlement which they are pre- pared to offer, provided that the question of the National Wage Board and the Pool is discussed later.
WILL OWNERS RESPOND TO FEDERATION'S REQUEST!
LONDON, April 10th.
The fact that coal-owners met this morning, and proceeded, after a short
MR. OLYNES' APPEAL.·
LONDON, April 18th.
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Au event unique for Shanghai was a
day, which assembled to bid farewell to fifty compatriots leaving for Palestine, These were mostly eastern Europeans. Others are following shortly. The Zionist Association is aiding these pioneers of
return to the Holy Land.
SERIOUS FIRE AT SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI, April 30th.
the
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A are at Poëtung has destroyed sixty shops and houses, practically wiping out the village. It is it the moment threaten ing Butterfield & wire's storage sheds,
NEW SHANGHAI TRENCHES,"
SHANGHAI, April 19th.
BERLIN, April 19th, Considerable feeling has been aroused by a semi-oficial announcement that the Reparation Commission has transmitted a verbal Remand that the Reichsbank's gold reserves must be transferred to the occupied zone before May 1st, as security
The proprietors of "The Trenches," against German deliveries under the recently closed, are attempting to re-open Treaty. Burglars, subsequently, broke in in another locality under nominal Chinese into the offices of the inter-Allied Mission registration. Public opinion is opposed and removed a safe containing a small sum of money. ·
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to this.
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENOT.]
CHINA'S THREE ENEMIES.
VANCOUVER, April 18th.. Wang Chung-hai, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of China, has arrived here en route to Geneva to attend the meeting which will consider the revision
play of the opening night the company are unanimous in saying is more, fantiliar of the play. In this production as in this foreigners, who were at Urga when i tel,
combination superior. Vt itself
to the general run of companies touring with what actually occurred than any the East, and they should be able to others, who succeeded in getting safely count on good houses for the rest of their. sonson.
There were three Jews in the motor car. The scene of the play is laid in the country house of the Mardens. Inte in which Mr. Stephan left Urga prior to it one day comes the ancient Mr. Pim, its capture, their fames being Zucker whose memory is inclined to failman, Dr. Gaskin, and Marksohn. Zuckor." him, and in telling of an incident man's home was in Harbis. The Russians of his recent voyage from Australia gets who captured the car, were under the confused in his recollection of names, command of Capt. Feodorof, who and creates a staggering situation in the examined the passports of the party. He a man whom he had known well years Ungern instructing his troops to kill all home by saying he had met on the ship showed air, Stephhu an order from Baron ago as a rascally company promoter who Jews, Bolsheviks and Chinese soldiers, had been imprisoned. The name men- and ordering his men to bring all other tioned was that of Mrs. Marden's Arst foreigners, including Russians, to Ungern husband whom she believed to be dend in his camp. After the examination the and an awful situation thus presents three Jews were marched away, itself in the Marilen household. But in the were shot next day.
and Zuckerman had end Mr. Pim begins to doubt whether he been wounded when the ear was first has got the name correctly and finally attacked. Mr. Stephan and the Russians, is quite clear about it that he has got the however, allowed to return to had the happy result of enabling George names mixed. However, the situation has Urga. and Olivia Marden to see how much they really love each other? There also runs through the pics the love story of Dinah, the nicer of the Mardens, and Brian Strange, a young painter.
were
ROCSE TO HOUSE SEARCTI
which have already been fully reported, Pussing over intervening incidents, In the House of Commons, Mr. Clynes
Mr. Stephan said that on the night of: appealed for the disbandment of the
Mr. Chas, Quartermaine, an -necom! February 4th and 5th, Cosnek parties" Defence Force and complained that the HOW IT WILL BE ENFORCED.
plished actor, played the part of searched the houses in Urga for Jews, George Marden, J.P. most capably and killed those they, iliscavered. The measures taken were unprecedented, un-
Panis, April 19th.
MIKA Jeanette Sherwin appeared following day the party namely, the necessary and provocative. Sir Robert According to latest advices, GermaRÝ—
instead of Miss Rith Ricardo in the foreigners who have reached Peking, saw role of Olivia (his wife), and hûr inter-Jews in their night clothes with their Horne replied that the emergency too as a result of the failure of her recent
pretation of the part, left nothing to be hands tied behind their back lying lead was unprocedented. The Government overtures to the Cabinets at Berne,
desired. Mr. Christian Morrow made na suside their houses, their faces slashed excellent Mr. Pim, and a special word of to pieces with sabre cuts. In the yard conference, to the Board of Trude to in- had done nothing but take steps to pro-Prague, Washington and Brussels-has
praise is deserved by Miss Edith Smith of the Russo-Asiatic Trading Company terview the Secretary of Mines is the vide the nation with the essential food abandoned the attempt to find an inter-
which delighted. who filled the role of Dinah with a charm Mr. Stephan saw the corpses of eight Mr. Waring played people, men, women and children. Most only indication of any movement with supplies in face of the threat to starve mediary to convey to the Allies her new
Brian Strauge, the lover, and Miss Mny of the age of this company' were Hallett, the forbidding aunt. a view to u solution of the drifting situa- the people. The Defence Force would be counter-proposals, which are believed to of the Lengua Covenant. He-intenis to fighly finished performance, as good as nise one, as the faces of the others were
It was a Jews, but Mr. Stephan could only recog tion. It is surmised that the mine-owners | withdrawn immediately it was no longer be largely a recapitulation of the pro- spend a month in America and Canada,
one may see in many a London theatre. beyond recognition owing to sabre, cuts. and it was greatly enjoyed by the andi. In the streets, the party saw children would take an early opportunity to rerneccessary. The cost of the emergency posals made in London on March 7th. In
lying with their heads and hands slashed pond to the request of the Miners'
To-night the Company play the meanwhile, the Reparations Commis
Merchant of Venice."
The off and otherwise butchered. The party urrnagements
million WILA
sterling
recognised Me Lapodsky among the Federation "for, the elucidation of Lord
weekly. The expense was not relatively sion is completing the estimate of the
sinia. "Gainford's offer to forego "profits at
great as assurance against trouble commount of reparations to be claimed from present.
pared with what the nation was losing as a result of the coal strike,
ARCHDEACON'S APPEAL.
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The Federation,, says that, before the offer can be treated seriously, it must explicstly" be stated whether the owners,
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ADDRESS."-
obligations.
including Ottawa and Washington, to learn the official attitude on international issues.
Wang declared that China_had "thren { Germany on May 1st, and the French enemies, of which Japan was not onem experts are continuing their examination firstly, Article 21 of the Covenant, which of the, economie and military penalties lays down the untenable doctrine of which are to be applied in the event of so called regional understandings, which in suggesting readjustments of wage SIR EDWARD CARSON'S ELOQUEN Germany's continued refusal to meet her is a direct challenge to China's integrity and destructive to the Longue itself secondly, the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, which Wang hopes to show the Canadians that it will, if renewed in any form, lead to a war, in which China is bound to participate on the side of the United States; thirdly, the Lansing-Ishii Notes, upholding the untenable doctrine that geographical propinquity confers rights.
schedules, are prepared to agree that the richer 'districts must assist the poorer. The Federation contends that the offer is worthless as it stands at present,
EARLIER CABLES,
ATTITUDE OF MINERS,
LONDON, April 18th. The coal crisis is practically at a stand- still at present, owing to the absence of the miners' delegates from London. The Government's offer to establish a national wages board and give limited temporary financial assistance still holds good. The miners of Burhan and Northumber
land are said to favour a further con- ference with the coal-owners in order to
Lacertain the precise meaning of the statement of Lord Gainford last week that the owners are willing temporarily to forego profits. The mujority of the mining areas, however,
appear, deter... :
mined to continue the struggle. Feeling is particularly strong in Wales, where the Jocal Miners' Federation is demanding the withdrawal of all labour from the mines and the resignation of Mr. Hodges, Wintry weather is accentuating the hard "ships of strike, a continuance of which
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for a fortnight, it is stated, would mean the bringing to a standstill all the big industries of the North-East coast. Even
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now very few blast furnaces are working.. Steel works are closed down, nad rivers are choked with idle tonnage:
RESPONSE TO APPEAL FOR
DEFENCE FORCE.
Losbon, April 18th. According to the che de Paris, the fresh Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at to-day's closing stages of the Archdeacon territory to be occupied in the Rahr Wakeford case. A crowd, chiefly. com- posed of well-dressed women, besieged region sxcludes the districts of Hamm the entrance to the court-room and wildly and Iserlohn and includes Elberfeld-a struggled for admission.
The evidence at the past few hearings tolat area, 75 kilometres long and 25 Has been most conflicting and bewilder wide, with a population of 4,000,000. It ing: Bir Edward Carson, to-day, in an eloquent final address, dissected the is believed that seven divisions of troops prosecution's evidence with a view to would be ample for the task showing that many of the witnesses' statements were mendacious and other- mitted that the hotel books were dis
He sub- wise entirely untrustworthy.
honest, and declared that the alleged woman seen with Archdeacon Wakeford
was a myth. After Mr. Douglas Hogg had replied, the Court deferred judgment until April 28th
EMPIRE
PROBABLE" DISCUSSIONAT.
IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
LONDON, April 18th.
Replying to questions, Col. Amery stat.
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BARLIER CABLES...
ALLIED MEASURES FOR TREATY ENFORCEMENT.
ence.
THEATRE PRICES.
MCLOUGHLIN'S PIANCES.
With regard to the Baronowski family, who were originally reported to have
the Bandman Opera Company writing to to Mr. McLoughlin of the American Trad- Mr. W. Freear, the advance agent of been all killed one daughter was engaged the Shanghai Mercury in reply to a coming Company, and was hiding in the com the Lyceum Theatre by 50 cents, says everywhere searching for women, crime to plaint against the raising of prices at pany's compound. Cossacks who were letter I have just received from Mr. the girl. Mr. McLoughlin intervened had I cannot do better than quote from a the compound and tried to get hold of furice Bandon at Hongkong.
at once made representations to Ungern's would be impossible for us with the pre on the scene and escorted the disputants With reference to prises, it yamen. Part of Ungern's guard arrived sent Auctuation of the dollar to risk the to Ungeru, who inquired whether the capacity of 4700 dollars per night, girl was a Jewess. A reply being given especially not playing on Sundays. The in the affirmative Baron Ungern asked lowest capacity we can depend upon is Mr. McLoughlin whether he had not 300 lars and then with a bit of luck.: heard of his order regarding Jews. Mr. we might average 1,700 or 1,800 dollars, here which represents well over 1,500 dol her on a geran of the out a pas postres We are playing to nightly capacity finally Ungern wrote passport
McLoughlin explained the situation and
lars, and in this case we shall come out. at a fair profit. As you know, we did girl were subsequently, shot. Another who had attempted to get hold of the record business at Singapore averaging case which illustrated the slender fäctora nearly 1,500 dollars a right, but the seruling life and death under Ungern's son worked out at a loss to us of between £200 and £2000, so it is no use facing they was that of an old Jewish lady, Mrs. Wilner, who was spared because her daughter was part of the household of a Russian officer at Kharkoff.
MANY SUICIDES.
nevitable.
THE YAP DISPUTE.
WASHINGTON, April 18th.
"Were the Shanghai dollar as it was The correspondence between "America sora time back of 48. valus, then of and Japan regarding the island of Yshould be very pleased if it were so and course it would be very different, and; I has been published.
LONDON, April 18th. In the House of Commons, replying in regard to the proposed British participa
Mr. Hughes' Note of April 5th in which EMIGRATION WITHIN THE tion in measures for enforcement of the
sanctions in the event of Germany Bothe argued that the United States had lost meeting requirements on May 1st, Mr. Lloyd George stated that Germany was none of its rights as one of the victors still in default as regards reparations, ̈---- trial of war criminals, and disarmament, over Germany, and which has already Hitherto Germany had not shown an in. been published, was a reply to the Japan clication" to "submit practical proposals
ese Note of February 28th in which Japan to carry out the Pence Trenty. It was, therefore, imperative that the Allies dis-ngreed that it was not sufficient merely ed that it was proposed, at the meeting cuss the necessary steps to enforce com of Empire Prime Ministers in June, toplines. Mr. Lloyd George declined to to establish the fact that President comprehensive policy of Empire landing would take the form of a conference. discuss the question of the adoption of a state whether inter- Allied communica- settlement and Empire-directed emigra
POSITIVE GUARANTEES" tion on a basis of co-operation between. the Imperial and the Dominion Govern-
PARIS, April 18th. ments. Any such policy would doubtless As announced yesterday, an important for approved classes of settlers. include provision for assisted passages cabinet meeting took place to consider, Col. Amery emphasised the fact that according to M. Briand's own words, the the Colonial Office took special care that Millerand presided, and the War Minis the meeting on May 7th, at which Japan contingencies of the present moment. M. nobody was encouraged to go to any ter, with Marshals Foch and Pelain, wer was not represented, that was an act of in his trade.. dominion where there was unemployment present. Speaking before the Parliamen
tary Committee on Foreign Affairs, M. absolutely bad faith. Briand stated that Germany's dilatoryRover
WRANGEL'S ARMY.
WITHDRAWAL OF FRENCH MAINTENANCE.
PARIS, April 17th. After spending large sums for the main. tenance of General. Wrangel's army after its escape from Russia, the French Gov-
Wilson made reservations regarding Yop it must further be shown that the Supreme Council decided in favour of those views. The Note added that if the Council really decided against Japan at
The Zazeliski family, man, wife and. to cliarga only 83 which would then re- three children, "were in hiding when the. present 128., hut as the Shanghai dollar party loft Urga. They continually is Ud. and 83.50 5. Od. Now if Shang-party received numerous appeals from them is only about 23. Ed., 83, would represent changed their abode at night and the
stali to see a company aumbering some and Mrs. Meierovitch had been in hiding hai cannot afford to pay this figure per for help, which could not be given. Mr. thirty odd people who have come all that the home of a Russian, wlio returned genuine and very latest London successes, way from England, presenting the one day and said he could shelter them afford under the present conditions to themselves when they were satisfied that bring such a company out, then all I can say is no manager could no longer, They immediately purchased strychnine. Many other Jews poisoned
no means of escape could be. found.
properly to the Press and the public, they I am sure if the whole thing is put
of only 12 per cent. on one's prices of will readily understand that an increase
admission is most reasonable, taking into consideration that the increase on one's expenditure is over 100 per cent."
COSSACK A BEAST.
in Urga. One had been killed when ́COSSACK BEHEADS VICTIM. These were two Jews named Nemetzki the party left Urga. Cossacks wore searching for the other. Cossacks cama one night to the home of Mr. Reblin of the Central Sotuz. He ran out in his night clothes. The Cossacks fired/ A CANTON STRIKE, and wounded him: He still ran. They The vernacular Press reports that only again wounding him. He ran on until got into a motor car and followed him, four lumps of sugaa aru allowed for they overtook him. A Cossack then got ach cup of tea or coffes served at the out of the car and slashed his head off Hotel Asia But a foreigner staying at with a sabre. policy had now been overdone. France Mr. Hughes Note is identical with the the hotel persists on taking eight lumps. is resolved to secure this time solid, posi Noto sent to other Powers, which has taking his cup of tea which greatly instead of the four-lamp, allowance when tivo guarentees. Havas
At the Basso-Asiatic Trading Company already been published, except the open- demanded that the foreigner should pay woman, when a Russian officer, named aroused the ire of the headwaiter who Cossacks were raping in turn a young UNITED STATES' BIG STICK.ing sentences, in which he refuses to for the extra four lumps. The foreigger Turin, interferred and dragged the victim
refused to pay on every occasion, A WARNING TO PANAHA FIGHTERS. admit the necessity of the endorsement On one occasion, there was not enough officer and killed both him and the girl. away. The Cossacks then Curned on the WASHINGTON, April 19th. of President Wilson's reservations by the sugar nad the foreignor swept the cup The party also wiw a man lying on side
and saucer on to the floor. He was then his house with his head smashed in Supreme Council and declares that if asked to sign a chit for the damage Inquiries showed that the man had at Japan's contention means that the United complaint was main to the office of the Cossacks. He put up a good fight but done which he also refused to do tempted to defend his daughters from the States would be bound by the decision of hotel by the foreigner with the hope of was finally overcome, dragged out and CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION.
securing more sugar next time but with the Conseil without ita consent, such consout any satisfactory result. He then slaughtered. Thirty-seven Jews had been REDUCTION OF WAGÉS.
SUPPORTS COSTA RICA
wrote to the head office of the Hotel in killed when the party left Urga tention is inadmissable. Moreover, the Hongkong. The bead offlce not knowing WASHINGTON, April 18.
UNGHEN'S VERSION, LONDON, April 18th. The Welsh tiaplate workers' wages American Union comprising Guatemala, date embracing Yap
It is officially stated that the Central United States never assented to the man-
the real nature of the affair ordered the
Ungern's followers explo transfer of the headwaiter to another
explained that Jewn we have been reduced forty per cent,, follow Honduras, and Salvador, has undertaken.
department -
Russia and were the main-stay of the ing the recent fall in steel bars, on which to declare war simultaneously with Costa
among Heds. They said that all Ungern's 75,000 trained men had enlisted. Recruit their rates depend according to aiding Rics-against- Panama, -if-Costa Rica OHINESE SPECIAL ENVOY IN PARIS the employés of the hotel by this order women-folk had been killed by the
scale,
deems such action necessary in connection
and all the waiters, boys and the cooks, ing was then suspended, but a great many
with her boundary dispute with Psosma.
PARIS, April 17th, tendered their resignation to the hotel
officials. All at once it exmed that s Ungers's agent at Urge prior to its more men had been registered. Some of -the-force was already-employed at the
US. TRADE RETURNS,
Chu Chu-chen, the Chinese President'e general strike of very employ of the capture was a Jew named Jacobson who
hotel would take p place Fearing that a subsequently became Ungern's chief o request of the civil authorities, and some
special envoy has arrived in Paris. He strike might be the result, the head officecretary. He was once stopped in the ABINGTON, April 18th. were held in readiness,in vanous dis
HAVANA, April 18th: “The exporia for March tot61#384,000,0
Fainatate the headwaiter and streets and threatened with death-by tricts. The force would be-demobilised (=The twaith gazu (in the chew match including $700,000 in gold. The impo
eted at the station by the Goverthe waste-tonndrada the company'n - Consweks.--Ho-produced his papers, and. -ES 2001, Es precautions were no longer between Capablanca and Lanker)~was were $259,000,000 including $100,000,00
epresentative and the former apology for the reposed, transfer which was liberated. He afterwards complaine anastas, pinza na to, map drawn after 31: moves in "old.
timately pacified the employle.-Canton |ed to Ungern, And the Cossacks
;It the United
LONDON, April 18th.orament has notified Wrangel that sept is officially stated that maption
port is to he withdrawn soon, and the hostilities between Panama and Costa
In the House of Commons, moving Supplementary Army Estimates neces sitated by the Defence Force and other emergency arrangementa, Bir L.Worth ington Evans stated that the response to the appeal for recruita for the Defence
Fores had been most remarkable,
soldiers must be disbanded.---Havas. WELSH TINPLATE WORKERS.
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. BESULT OF TWELFTH GAME.
Rica.
Painters des
Much consternation was aromen were at the bottom of all the trouble in
Hleda.